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It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80's arrived to have the stitches removed from his thumb. He said that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 AM.

I looked at his vital signs and had him take a seat knowing that it would be over an hour before someone would to able to attend him. I saw him looking at his watch. Since I was not busy with another patient, so I decided to evaluate his wound. On examination, I saw it well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.

While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning since he was in such a hurry.

The gentleman told me, “No” But he needed to go to the Nursing Home to have his breakfast with his wife. I inquired of her health.

He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.

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As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late.

He replied that she no longer knew who he was, and that she had not recognized him in five years since now.

I was surprised and asked him, 'Do you still go there every morning, even if she doesn't know who you are?'

- He smiled as he patted my hand and said, 'She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is.'

I had to hold back tears as he left, and thought- This is the kind of love I am looking in my life.

True love is neither physical nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is there, has been there, will be there and will not be there. The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.